Video release for Ecotrust and the Kalispel Tribe /  by Roland Dahwen

We had the pleasure of helping Ecotrust produce this video, working with the Kalispel Tribe and the Kalispel Natural Resources Department in Northeastern Washington.

Read the blog post by Jessica Douglas and watch the video here.

Thanks to Ted Davee and Sam Hamilton from the production team, and to the kind folks at Ecotrust: Jessica Douglas, Stephanie Gutierrez, Megan Foucht, Heldáy de la Cruz, Sean Gutierrez.

MAY 35 in Good Symptom and Property of Opaqueness performance /  by Roland Dahwen

Two updates:

My video piece MAY 35 will be included in an anthology, Good Symptom (presented by The 3rd Thing). Thanks to Rana, M, and Chelsea. Official release date is TBD - more information forthcoming.

On February 26, I’ll participate in a performance at Hoffman Gallery, in Portland. Choreographed by Takahiro Yamamoto, with fellow performer Emily Squires. The performance will take place in the gallery, in the context of an exhibition by Dru Donovan and Cara Tomlinson. Info.

Hoopa Tribal Forestry video /  by Roland Dahwen

It’s been a pleasure working with the team at Ecotrust on a new video about Hoopa Tribal Forestry in Northern California.

Read about it and watch the video on Ecotrust’s blog.

Thanks to Ted Davee and Sam Hamilton for their work on the video.

We had previously worked with Ecotrust on another video, about mid-size farms in Washington state.

Still from Hoopa Tribal Forestry

APPROACHES at Eugene Contemporary Art /  by Roland Dahwen

On Thursday, July 7, a short film that I made with Takahiro Yamamoto, APPROACHES, will be presented at Broadway Metro cinema in Eugene, OR. The film is part of Exuberance: Sound, Color, Light & Movement, curated by Julie Perini and presented by Eugene Contemporary Art. Thanks to Julie and Agnese Cebere for including our work in the program.

7pm, 7/7/2022.

Info and tickets here.

NOTHINGBEING Symposium – April 16, 2022 /  by Roland Dahwen

I’ll be presenting a short film I made with Takahiro Yamamoto at the NOTHINGBEING Symposium on April 16.

Information on the symposium here and tickets here

Thanks to Sam Hamilton and Edward P. Davee for production support. Funded in part by PICA and the PNCA Faculty Development Fund.

Borrufa selected to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival in Mumbai /  by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to the 16mm Harkat Film Festival (Mumbai, India) for selecting Borrufa for their festival. A celluloid film-only festival, Harkat is virtual this year.

Borrufa is scheduled to screen online on December 19, 2020.

For information and tickets: https://16mm.harkat.in/

BORRUFA PREMIERE AT PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL /  by Roland Dahwen

After many years, Borrufa will premiere tomorrow at the Portland International Film Festival. One of eight films that are finalists for the Future/Future competition, Borrufa screens on March 7 and March 12, at the Whitsell Auditorium, inside the Portland Art Museum.

Thank you to the hundreds of people, near and far, who have given time, ideas, resources, houses, food, equipment, criticism, encouragement, and belief to make this film possible.

Thank you to Portland Monthly for selecting Borrufa as one of their five Top Picks for PIFF2020, as well as for profiling me in their April issue.

Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz

Poster design by Heldáy de la Cruz

Notes – Upcoming events /  by Roland Dahwen

Screening of TRAVELER’S ODE
(music and words by Dao Strom; directed by Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Winter Poetry Festival
5p, Sat Jan 11, 2020
PNCA
INFO

Visiting artist lecture – Roland Dahwen
at KSMoCA
10.20a, Thu Jan 23, 2020
KSMoCA
INFO

Screening of RIOS SUELTOS
(music video for Y La Bamba; co-directed by Luz Elena Mendoza and Roland Dahwen; d.p. Edward Pack Davee)
at Reel Music Film Festival’s NW Music Video Showcase
7p, Wed Feb 12, 2020
Jupiter Next
INFO

Performance of PROPERTY OF OPAQUENESS
(Takahiro Yamamoto’s show, with Rana San and Roland Dahwen)
at Center for Contemporary Art and Culture
7p, Thu, Mar 19, 2020
PNCA
INFO

Notes – Property of Opaqueness /  by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to Takahiro Yamamoto for including me in his performance Property of Opaqueness, made possible by the Henry Art Gallery and performed at Velocity Dance Center in Seattle, WA. Thanks to all the staff of the Henry, Velocity, Nina, Ian, Erin, Rana, and Taka.

Notes – the Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival /  by Roland Dahwen

Thank you to everyone who attended and supported The Overseas Banquet at TBA Festival. Special thanks to Mekong Bistro, the Cooley Gallery and staff, PICA and PICA staff, Stephanie Snyder, Ella Marra-Ketelaar, and performers Nazli Rahmanian and Shao Way Wu. Audio contributions from: d.a. carter, Intisar Abioto, Craig Epplin, Sahra Brahim. Photography: Alexander Pomper.

Notes – TBA event on Sept 10 /  by Roland Dahwen

THE OVERSEAS BANQUET
Installation and performance
Sept 10, 2019
6.30pm
Mekong Bistro, 82nd and NE Siskiyou
Free – reservations required through the TBA site:

Link to PICA’s TBA festival event page

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Notes – ARENA – VIDEO AND BEYOND (CORTONA ON THE MOVE FESTIVAL) /  by Roland Dahwen

July 11 opening.

INFO

Cantonese translation and voiceover: Shao Way Wu
Italian translation: Valentina Scaramella
Curator: Liza Faktor
Supported by the Regional Arts & Culture Council

Short excerpt

Notes – video festival in Italy /  by Roland Dahwen

Excited to show a video piece in the upcoming festival Cortona on the Move (section: Arena – Video and Beyond) in Cortona, Italy. The work will be exhibited for the duration of the festival: July – September, 2019. Many thanks to Liza Faktor for curation.

LINK TO INFO